The sign up offers for BMO’s CashBack cards changed yesterday. They have replaced the set dollar sign up bonus with increased earn on your spending in the first four months of having the cards. Both the World Elite and standard versions now offer 4% cash back on all eligible purchases for the first four months. […]
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How to maximize value out of the RBC Avion Airline Award Chart
The RBC Avion suite of cards is one of a few major programs that runs primarily on a fixed redemption chart for redeeming points for flights. What that means if you aren’t familiar with the concept is that you redeem a fixed amount of points for a flight from one specific region to another. This […]
Canada’s Top Travel Rewards Credit Cards Revealed
For many Canadians, the month of January is marked with an assortment of goal setting and New Year’s resolutions from fitness promises to personal finance makeovers. If leisure travel is on your ‘do more’ list it’s equally important to set a goal with a clear action plan. Travel reward credit card programs can help, but […]
10 great Starwood Hotels in Canada to use your 40K free night benefit at from the SPG Credit Card from Amex
All photos in this post courtesy of Starwood Hotels As my wife approaches the $40,000 spend threshold on her Starwood Preferred Guest Credit Card from American Express she will soon receive her Category 1-4 free weekend night certificate for doing so. Well light bulb goes off since we did the post a few weeks ago […]
Christmas shoppping with the American Express Gold Rewards Card
With a little over a week left to the big day for gift giving, the push is on to start your Christmas shopping for friends, family and maybe even yourself! Whether it is shopping for gifts or for food and drink to entertain, there are many ways to maximize the points you earn while holiday […]
Using an AIR MILES Credit Card & have your account set to 100% Cash Rewards? STOP IT RIGHT NOW!
Alright a light dawned upon us last week when Steve asked us a question on Part 3 of our ‘Done With AIR MILES‘ series. His question was: How do you feel about AIR MILES cash vs. cash reward cards? I know you can “double dip” with a cash back credit card + AIR MILES at […]
Done with AIR MILES? Here are your other options – Part 2 Proprietary Credit Card Reward Programs
As many of you know the AIR MILES Expiring Miles fiasco came to somewhat of a close late last week when they finally dropped their expiry rule after threat of legislation, a damning MarketPlace report and of course 9 months of really bad press. If you watched the MarketPlace piece you’ll have seen members cutting […]